Apartment; Author: Wilder, Billy; Joint Author: Diamond, I. A. L.; Paperback; Large size

Author: Wilder, Billy; Joint Author: Diamond, I. A. L.
Paperback; Large size; 15 B&w Stills
186 pages
Published: August 1998
Faber and Faber Ltd
ISBN: 0571194095
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Not only is The Apartment one of Hollywood's funniest and most moving romantic comedies, it is also widely perceived as having one of the most beautifully written and structured screenplaysof all time. Starring Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine and Fred MacMurray, this 1960 comedy is the story of a hapless company man who works his way up the ladder by making his apartment available to hisboss for extramarital trysts.Billy Wilder won three Oscars -- as co-screenwriter, producer and director -- for this mordant comedy. A beautifully judged piece of writing, The Apartment is saved from cynicism by Wilder's tenderness towards his central characters.Part of the new Faber Classic Screenplay series. The influence of The Apartment on much later film-makers was illustrated when Cameron Crowe, writer-director of Jerry McGuire, cited it as the inspiration for his film, and borrowed some of its most famous lines. This book contains the screenplay of The Apartment.